The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR WIN DSOR, WE DNESDAY.—Her Majesty did not ride out to-day. in Lord Byron, v%ho succeeds Lord Falkland as Lord in Wait arrive.d Lst ni;!fit L Lady Barham, as L a d y of the B e d cham b er, h as succeeded a y Lyttleton. Rich, Esq., as Gr oom has succeeded Sir R. %Awa y. 11 , 4 Waitin g, The lion. Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Paget have arrived on a visit. dinner The Hon. G. A. B yron will have the honour of joining the party this evening. Her R, 0 .toyal Highness the Pinss Auguta will leave Frog- In re Lodge this morning for the ce Pavi',ion s at Brighton. Re la's of horses have been ordered to be in readiness. His Royal Highness Pri nce G eorge o f C am b r id ge w ill stay ,three o months at Gibraltar, on a v i s it t o th e G overnor , Si r A. odford. At present it is stated his Royal Highness's ab sence from this country will not exceed two years. Lord H oward de Walden transacted business yesterday at the Foreien Department. Lord Palmerston visited the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his house in Downing-street. The Russian Ambassador transacted business yesterday at tall:CinFa:prtaeiingnPl ° e ffi ly e , e Deputy Master of the Trinity House, had interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday D owning- street. , street. alr• Colquho un transacted b us i ness yester d ay i n D own i ng - The Turkish, and French Ambassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Hanoverian Minister transacted business yesterday at For eign Office. , Desp atches were forwarded yesterday from Downing.street f or Lo r d Melbourne at Windsor. De spatches were f orwarded yester d ay f rom the Fore i gn D e- Partment for th e B r i t i sh Min i sters resident at the Courts of Stockholm and Copenhagen. f De spatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from Sir Ge orge Gipps, Governor of New South Wales; a nd also from Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica, and "e Governors of the other West India Colonies. pa Despatches were rece i ved yesterday at the Colonial De ment from the Governors of Jamaica and Barbadoes, and from the Officers administering her Majesty's Govern ment in the Windward and Leeward Islands. FA SHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Deeles, in Hertford-street, from Cheltenham; Viscount R od Viscoutess Acheson, in Dover-street, from a tour on the Continent; the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, in St. james's-square, from Essex ; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Pet re , f rom Tunbridge -wells ; the Duke of Argyll, in Gros venor - street, fro m Paris. DEPARTURES. Col. and Mrs. Boyle and family, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-street, for Liverpool ; Mr., Mrs., and the Misses L e Foy, from ditto ; Mrs. James and daughters, from ditto, for Southampton ; Captain Kennedy, f rom d i tto ; Mr. James Pox, f rom ditto; the Countess of Beauchamp, from Portman square, for Paris ; the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, from St. James's-square, for their seat Ashley Hall, Devonshire; the Marchioness of Breadalbane and the Hon. Miss Bailey, from Park-lane, for Brighton; Count and Countess de Castres, from Jermyn-street, for the Continent ; Sir Thos. B. and Lady Lennard, from Bryanstcn-square, for a tour on the Continent; Lord Cantilupe, from Upper Grosvenor -street, for Buckhurst Park, Sussex ; Lord Strafford, from Portman square, for Herts • the Hon. Charles and Lady Catherine Cavendish, from Burlington House, for a tour in Scotland ; Mr. and Lady Georgiana Codrington, from Park-place, for Doddington Park, the seat of Sir Bethel and Lady Codring ton ; the Earl and Countess of Sandwich. for the Continent ; Lord bunsanySuffield, from Bond -street, for Leicestershire; Lord , for a tou r o n the Continent. CHANGES. Earl a n d C ountess of Sandwich, from Hincliinbroke House, f. l .ntingdon. f or N ap l es; L or d Cliff or d and the Hon. Hugh lifford, at Rome, from Paris ; his Royal Highness the Duke 7'31 S ussex and Lord J o h n Ch urc hill, on a v i s i t t o M ar k Mil - vjask to ESq., at Thorp H a ll, near Bed a l, Y or k s hi re , fr om a o n Lord Dund a s, a t Upl ea tham Hall, near Guisborough ; rd Stanley, from Knowsley Hall, for Latham House, near iunrtnskirk ; Count Matuszevic, at Baden-Baden, from a tour t a h t e G A e rd rin ro 2 l ; Lord Archibald St. Maur and Lord Eglintoun, Castle Ayreshire, from a shooting excursion on a -Moors • Earl and Countess of Fingall, in Dublin, from f eir teat, ' Killeen Castle, county Meath ; Lord Cantilupe, Sussex tne seat of Lord Forester, Willie Park, for Buckhurst, Marquis Conyngham, from Surrey-place, Tunbridge frells' for Windsor Castle ; Lady Isabella Kerr, at Hastings, I °lll Dover • Mr. and Mrs. William Harcourt, at St. Leo ard,,k from Windsor Castle; Earl of Antrim, at Home od Park, Henley-upon-Thames, from Brussels; Mr. and d o Honourable Mrs, Douglass, from Lord Petre's, Thorn -71`,53.11a11, Essex, on a tour; Right Honourable Poulett '" a °n, M. P., at Chillingham Castle, on a visit to e, Earl and Countess of Tankerville, from Scotland; f lu-1 a nd Countess of Jersey and the Ladies Villiers, at Milan, o rQ a zil ki Munich ; Hon. William - and Lady Louisa Duncombe, at s ob i FY Park, Eye, on a visit to Sir Edward and Lady Kerr-- at „ntn their seat, Worsly Park, Langton; Earl of Bar,don, for‘-astle Bernard, Bandon, from Dublin; Marquis of Water iind and Lord John Beresford, at Bath, from his seat in f : rh umberland ; Earl and Countess of Burlington, at Rome, Sir Florence ; Bishop of Carlisle, at Wynnstay, on a visit to watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M. P., from Carlisle. MILAN, OcT. 21. (From the Correspondence of a Morning . Paper. ) The Duke of Devonshire arrived in the evening ofthe_l7th ; 4nst., a f ter I h a d p os t e d my l etter o f th a t date. His Grace te rins here. V iscount Exmouth arrived yesterday from London; the tw ". Capt a i n P e ll e w, R. N., his Lordship's brother, arrived ;he Earl previ ous ly, from Munich. ;li t e Ea r l an d C oun t ess o f Shrewsbury have left for Rome. 4n e Earl and Countess of Burlington, after a sojourn here Ys "' nine da left with their family, yesterday, for Florence. Rigl ' it Hon. Henry Goulburn has taken his departure The Marqui s o f H ert f or d' s e ld es t son , Lord Yarmouth, as arriv e d in this city, from Venice. I,viscount Lowther arrived - on the 18th inst., from Paris. he Count ess of Beverley left the same day, for Vence. la4",Pgat the other arrivals are, Lady Butler, from Switzer- Ar ' 'ady Sherwood, from Geneva; Major M'Nevin, from e eri ti Le; Tollemuche r Esq., from ditto ; Captain ‘„' i tz e i s' B , from London • Dr. Fisher, - Dennison, Esq , Ne.tleY Foster, Es from Venice; Mr. Hindley, ; It o a i rs• Lefroy, Boyd, Hutchinson, Torrens, Wright,i Hogan, I t 2", Ward, Sanders, &c. °raj" expected that his Imperial Highness the Heredit . a . ry but h !' nuke of Russia, would have honoured us with a of th e intends remaining at Como and the v icinity . "ley: 'Kea for several weeks. He is attended by Prince Att n :' his curateur, Major-General Count de W . ebna,and a in cogn c . ' t us and distinguished suite, but observes in travelling 'th e ', under the title of Count di Borundinsky. atft e n -°ll 'wing is an extract of a letter I have received this dated 4i The d i Venice, Oct. 20.. %i lk v . E arl and Countess of .Tersey. accompanied the Vis befor tillers and the Ladies Villiers, arrived here . day_ t al,:i Yesterday, from a lengthetied visit to the King of " I,:iat Munich, and are sojourning at the Hotel Euro l p o the ta Rerldlesham Sir Henry Mildmay, and ever i a, f ilter ra l . Lis hnobility are staying at the Hotel Regina d big '. Lord f or Alford left yesterday for Triee C. oote Cttrio Z °11 ; Lady A. Ford for Como ; Count l ess Julia de t . ""lelt e ; - "Or Bolcie • Mr Pemberton for Florence; Mi. D . . -4ditat'o:,°,r di tto; — L na ieutena . nt Gaitskill for ditto ; Mr. Ennis Th e m. , a l rt ived, 4 arquis and Marchioness of Ailsa and family T . re; as 't W hitehall yesterday from Culzean Castle, Ay r -1 T'rthd t 4 the aft ernoon they left for St. Margaret's, near at ° e lef t archioness o f B rea d a lbane and Miss Bailey 1804,etrk-lane for Brighton, where they are expected to orne. s ' fkotettiarl of Lauderdale continues . in good health five , Scotland. His Lordship has not visited London y e ars. toto w n Earl and Countess of Brecknock, who arrived aii - tl K T few days since from ' a visit to the Bishop of Roches 'Nerd Ltd Sarah Murray, at Bromley . Falace, left town . glf e,, n Rl for the Wilderness, Kent, on a visit to the Marquis uell • th e The Earl and Cou n t ess o f J e rmyn, accompanied by batik ;r ll. „. M . and Lady Georgiana Grey. arrived at Pau last a ris• The Noble Earl and party will not return t or4 Y In February. i! ) ' Part. an d Lady Francis Eerton will leave Wors ilat in W orce - tershire, for Bridgewater House this day ; Ih n enta „e°l,Bequencesof the extensive alterations and improve '4datreg On there, they will proceed in the evening to eyed b) t 4Loy:al highness the Duke of Sussex is ex he Pororcevelist.Colonel Wildman at Newstead Abbey, Notts, - ' ll e into Wales on his annual visit to Lord Dinor. p =xinmell Park. G q_glaqd . tc , e poieon on Tuesday visited theßa s n y k ., o e f 4!uver4or r e he was received with great attention tn rl e , f • The Prince, who appears to have a good know (tke •t° panics,mec conversed for some time with Mr. Oldham, lisitiov,.entor th achines used at the Bank. After a tirio..l.three housrass, during which the Prince inspected all the 4 1 . 1 t nit L i es la.tnt-tis aparttnr leautreshof the ' Bank, the Governor conducted an elegant collation was provided ~_'° r 'sl f ;',_,a,tl d of whic'h w the Prince, his suite, and the Gover `°se,,-,TnYt partook t A m number of persons were in waiting 18 Pee t - „ l 'ne Princ e at departure, and they evinced great re- TCd.T.,BYTTipathy for him. t t tj°wa ger Duchess of Richmond is still on a Iltat Lord and Lady George Lennox, at Lennox Lodge, Aeetea'°plcr, where Lord and Lady Arthur Lennox areex a; C%hi e b es tn . ttrrive from a visit to his Lordship's constituents ~irAltY a rl of M 11 into is expected to arrive at the Ad °4 o,,t.,°'daY, from Minto Cas l tle, Roxburghshire. Sir John Ma at 37r whn ha s been staving w ith his three infant dau_gl e i : e ; .. Watson Taylor's seat, Erlestokc near D t n iao e xpected to return to town f r om Wiltshire, in vices c't despatches from the Board of Control. RETURN OF THE STEAMER LIVER- POOL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—Accounts have just been received from Cork, announcing the return of the steamer Liverpool, which sailed hence on Saturday week for New York, after having been out nine days, and accomplished nearly one-third of the voyage. The Liverpool, it appears, from the day of her departure, experienced extremely unfa vourable weather, the wind during the whole of the time blowing almost a gale from the north-west until Thursday last, when she experienced a most dreadful hurricane, by which, however, she sustained but little damage. The cause of her return is the immense consumption of fuel. She had consumed nearly 400 tons of coal in eight days, leaving only about 150 tons to perform the remainder of the passage. This being the state of the case, and no appearance of a change of weather, the Captain very pro perly thought it advisable to return. She is now taking in a fresh supply of fuel, and is intended to leave Cork to morrow, when it is to be hoped she will meet with a little better success than that which she ha: just met with. The Great Western, which sailed from Bristol on Satur day last, will, of course, in consequence of this unfortunate mishap, reach New York before her, but will not, of course. take any accounts'of this disaster, but will take the news of her departure, and no doubt some fears will be enter tained for her safety. YORKSHIRE. PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, AT MID DLESBOROUGH. On Monday last his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was entertained at what was called a " public breakfast," but, in fact, an excellent cold collation, plentifully provided with champagne. game, &c., in the Exchange Room, Middles borough. The name of this town will not, perhr,ps, be fami liar to the readers of The Sun. In the year 1831, but one solitary farm-house stood on the ground now occupied by one of the most enterprising towns in the Vale of Cleveland. It is the creation of steam, and as, wondrous in its progress. It is situated on the Yorkshire banks of the river Tees, and is connected by a railway with the flourishing town of Stockton, from which it is distant four miles, and with Darlington. Its population is about 3,500 ; and dockyards, wharfs, and ships, now crowd its strand. The announcement of the Royal Duke's arrival was made by a salute of 21 guns ; and headed by a procession with flags and music, the carriage in which the illustrious Nobleman and Lord Dundas, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding sat, was drawn into the town amid loud hurras, by the people, who had taken away the horses. Thomas Hustler, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Acklam, presided ; on his right sat the Duke of Sussex ; on his left Lord Dundas. and among those present were the pious and liberal Lord Bishop of Durham, with his son the Rev. Mr. Maltry, Sir Samuel Crampton, Bart. M. P., Andrew White, Esq. M. P., for Sunderland, Joseph Pease, Esq. M. P., for South Durham, fledworth Lambton, Esq. M.P., (brother to Lord Durham), Sir Wm Fowlis, Bart., Wm. Macleverer, Esq. Arncliffe, Hall, the Mayor of Stockton, and the Mayor of Richmond. His Grace the Duke of Cleveland, sent a let ter expressive of regret, that illness would prevent his attend. ance, and Ed. S. Cayley, Esq. the Liberal Member for the Northern division of Yorkshire, was prevented from being pre sent, by absence in town. Ninety gentlemen sat down to dinner; the tickets being 1/. Is. each. Several ladies were present; and the house was crowded to excess. The Royal guest took his seat, the band playing God save the Queen. The CHAIRNIAN then, at the desire of the Duke, proceeded to read a congratulatory address, to which his Royal Highness listened with the utmost attention. The Duke of Sussex in acknowledgement said—Gentle men, inhabitants of Middlesborough and its vicinity, I feel much pleasure in coming amongst you this day, as it affords me an opportunity of visiting your town, and making the acquaint ance of many of my fellow-countrymen, to whom I should not otherwise be personally known, although I trust we are already intimately connected with each other by constitutional ties, by being mutually engaged in the promotion of the best interest of our common country, by rousing the energy, by exerting the enterprise, and by encouraging the industry of an enligh tened and loyal people. The place from which I now address you is calculated to create such thoughts in my mind, while I thank you most warmly for the kind invitation you have given me, as likewise, for the cordial and affectionate manner in which you have received and addressed me on the present occasion. As a member of Family which, at the time of the glorious Revolution, was brought to preside over the destinies of this country, and ac cepted by the people, I am well aware of the conditions thus imposed upon us, and to which we have ever since been pledged. To the best of my abilities I have ever endeavoured most faithfully to act up to them, and if by so doing I have obtained the approbation and confidence of my fellow-subjects, which, next to the self-approval of conscience, I prize, I am amply rewarded ; besides being convinced that, by such a line of conduct, I shall secure the good will of my niece, our Queen, who has always at heart the welfare and happiness of her loyal and devoted people.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I am delighted to witness the rising prosperity of your little town. May that benign Providence which has hitherto presided over your enterprise from the beginning, continue to shine over your further labours, and insure your ultimate success, is my sincere prayer for the inhabitants of Middlesborough ; and if at any time [ s can be of use to them, Gentlemen, you may depend u p on my zeal and fidelity, as you may rely upon the sincerity of my good wishes and kind feelings towards you. The Noble Duke sat down loudly cheered. As soon as the cloth was drawn, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Queen," drank with all the honours; and, next, the health of their illustrious guest, " The Duke of Sussex." The DUKE returned thanks in a speech remarkable for its graceful delivery and vivacity. He said that there was no Member of the Royal Family more anxious to unite with the people than himself; for he thanked God they lived in a free country, in which all ranks might mingle together, and co operate for the public good. The distinctions of rank or title, if property observed, were not calculated to prevent such an union, and did not imply the restriction of intercourse between all classes of the people.—( Cheers.) For his own part, he had so guided his conduct, that at all times he was prepared to respect the opinions of those who differed in political mat ters from himself; but, while he did so, he claimed the same freedom for himself. His Royal Highness then alluded to the progres.. s of science and education , and said that it was the duty of those in power to keep pace with the progress of intelli gence, a nd he deprecated unnecessary delay in grantingthose measures demanded by the exigencies of the times ; for delay only tended to create dissatisfaction, and that which otherwise would have been regarded as a thing valuable was taken w i t h ill h um our. He urged upon his hearers the duty of ad vancing education, and uniting with " a long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull altogether," in the common cause of freedom, and improvement. After the health of the Queen Dowager, &c., was given, The Lord Bishop of Duenam addressed the meeting, his name having been given from the chair. He said it afforded him delight to think that the Dissenters were among the fore most and most active promoters of the new church at Middles borough, and said be should always be ready to extend the right hand of fellowship to those who showed so much true liberal and Christian feeling.—( Cheers.) Lord Dundas," " J. Pease, Esq.," " The Members for the North Riding," kc., were afterwards given as toasts. The Royal Duke returned to Upleathem, the seat of Lord Dundas, at about half-past four o'clock, having previously proposed as a sentiment, " Happy have we met; sorry do we part ; and happy may we meet again ;" and he desired espe cially to include the ladies present in the toast. The festivities were kept up till a late hour. DREADFUL EXPLOSION IN BELGIUM.—We col- lect from the Belgian journal the following details of the ex plosion, on Friday last, of the gunpowder mills of Messrs. Marous6 and Co., situated between Boussu and Hornu, about a league and a half from Mons. At the time of the accident there was in the mills a considerable quantity of mining.- powder, besides about 40 000113 g, of Government battle-powder, which had been inspected, and admitted to be of superior strength, and was to have been removed within a week. On this occasion General Liem and other superior artillery offi cers had expressed to the proprietors their admiration at the excellent order in which the establishment was kept. The number of workmen ordinarily employed in the mills was seventeen ; of these eleven suffered, some remaining buried in the ruins, while the limbs of others were scattered around to the extera of between 500 and6oo yards. Nothing remains of the building except the principal chimney ; the rest is one mass of ruins. The dwelling-house of the director, and a brewery which was near, coffered very much from the shock. Many houses in the communea of Boussu, Hornu, and Saint Ghislain, were unroofed, the windows blown in, and the walls damaged, and some of these effects were felt at Lens, half-way between Ath and Mons, five leagues from the spot. A vibration was perceived even as far as seven leagues off. A postillion driving within three-quarters of a league was blown from his horse into a ditch, but he recovered the shock, and was able to reach Mons in the evening, Portions of the gunpowder were thrown into the air, without being ignited, and covered the people walking in the streets of Mons, which is two leagues distant. If we can give credit to the Fanal, an English gentleman and two ladies, who left Mons the afternoon of the accident in a carriage, were immediately opposite the mill at the moment of the explosion, and disap peared without leaving a trace be hind ; but this is, no d o u bt, incorrect, The damage is estimated at 400,000 f. The cause ofthe explosion has not been positively ascertained, but it is believed to have been occasioned by the overheating of the flues in the drying-house. This is the third accident to the same mills wlthjn ten years. Subscriptions have been opened for the families of the s ufferers.—Galignani's Mes senger. PUBLIC MEETING OF COTTON SPINNERS AT Oennem.—A public meeting of owners and occupiers of cotton mills, convened on the requisition of a large number of master spinners, to take into consideration the present de pressed state of the spinning trade, and to devise a means of relief from the prevailing difficulties of the business, was held on Friday evening last. The proceedings terminated by the election of a Committee of Management. A few of the mill owners of Oldham have already commenced working short time; and it is probable that it will very soon become gene ral.—Manchester Guardian. We learn from the Manchester Guardian that meetings have been held at Bolton for the incorporation of thfitt tvwn. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1838. THE REGISTRATION OF 1838, (From the .Morning Chronicle.) The Tory party has at length put forth its manifesto, and Fraser's Magazine for this month contains a docu ment which is intended to strike terror into the Liberal, and to g:ve joy to the Conservative camp. The Times and Standard republish this manifesto, happy to be relieved from that trouble which the daily manufacture of numbers for pretended Tory gain in different registration s imposed upon them, and we may now take as the statement of all the successes which Toryism can recount the following list, contained in Fraser, and evouched by the Times and Standard. We shall this day confine ourselves mostly to the mum tics, and we have added to Fraser but five additiona. columns, to show facts more clearly : " THE REGISTRATION OF 1838. (From Fraser's Magazine for November. ) " We have taken the trouble, whenever an opportunity has presented itself, of noting down the actual details, and shall now offer to our readers a general view of these results, as far as they are worth reporting. " For there are many counties and many boroughs, let it be borne in mind, respecting which there can be nothing to re port. Mere than half the counties of England are now no longer the arenas of political contest. In South Derbyshire, for instance, South Shropshire, East Norfolk, South Essex, North Lancashire, West more l an d, O x f or d s hi re, Nottingham. ' shire, Leicestershire, East Kent, and several other counties, in which the Conservatives are in quiet possession, nothing of the least consequence has been transacted. Theßadicals and Whigs have resigned themselves to their fate, and the whole busi ness of registration has subsided into mere routine. In one or two other cases they have been active, but without any important result. They claim in the county of Hunting don an advantage of about 100 by this registration. They were in a minority at the last election of nearly 400. In North Shropshire they also claim a small advantage, without, however, having the smallest chance of gaining even one seat. In the boroughs they have better luck ; but the drawback on their gains here is, that they merely triumph in a few select places, which were constructed to be, and always will he, Whig or Whig-Radical preserves. At Ashton, for instance, and at Manchester and at Huddersfield, they have profited slightly by the registration. At Liverpool and at Preston neither party gained any thing of the least consequence. In the great boroughs, such as Birmingham, Finsbury, Lambeth, the Tower Hamlets, the registration had no result whatever, as far as the character of the constituency was concerned. Let us now, however, proceed to state such results as may appear to be worth putting down, beginning with the .3 r-; 2. .....' F Present q -, -,,,, • Conservative Radical. Regres e nta• '37 ?.:.''. ties. g a ..:,.,. I :4 . H - S '. ' COUNTIES. '<: t. 4- '6 I K 4 K ? r. ' - ' 3 17 c::-:.! C. .; r , 4. i;_,D cr 1:), ~ • B . ;. a i i.i ,%` • • . z i r i ', g= 2 5 5 Pr; 1: ) - 5 , 2,1. ii C P z .. 4 Middlesex 523 Objections Yorkshire, W R ...... 0 jections Wes Clati ms K , nt . Obj,ct ens Smith Devon Objections North Devon Objections Claims South Leicestershire ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 2 Objections Bucks Otjec. ions Claims East Gloucestershire ... ... ... ... 2 1 1 Objections West Gloucestershire ... ... ..• 2 1 1 Objections Claims North Derbyshire 493 Objections East Cumberland Objections Anglesea Ujections Rutland Objections North Durham Objections Isle of Wieht Objections Claims •... ••• • , i , ••• 15 32 S. Northamptonshire ... 2 0 2 Objections : 1 1 I 13 1 18 Thus the number of counties and divisions of counties upon which the Tories claim to h ave rrninnel ie 1/1 rrknea Thus the number of counties and divisions ,f counties upon which the Tories claim to have gained is 16. These 16 counties and divisions return 31 Member 3 to Parlia ment, and are now represented by 13 Liberals and 18 Tories. Four have none but Liberal Representatives, six none but Tory, and the remaining six are equally divided. Upon two other counties, returning four Tory Members, it is allowed that the Liberals have gained. So that, taking all for granted which the Tory manifesto states, and ee ducting four from thirteen, the assumed Tory gain upon the county registration of England goes to affect only nine seat's. But let us look a little closer into this Tory claim of gains. There are six seats which the Tories tried to carry at the last general election, and which they failed in obtaining or retaining. These were the following,• and their unsuccessful candidates lost by the numbers affixed to each ; Middlesex 1 523 West York 1 403 West Kent 1 lO2 North Derbyshire 1 493 East Cumberland 1 North Durbam 1 These majorities the Tories do not pretend to have over come in any instance, except in West Yorkshire, by a statement of claims, and in West. Kent by five, leaving the other four seats secure in their majorities, and therefore we may fairly deduct the four not threatened from the nine, leaving a chance only of probable success upon the attack ing of five county seats. The county representation of England and Wales com prises 159 Members ; for weeks past the Tory Papers have been dinning their songs of pretended triumph into the public ears ; many of the Liberal party have taken for truth that which was so broadly and so unblushingly asserted, and have been disheartened thereby; they thought the counties were all delivered to the tender mercies of the To ries, and now, when the revisions are completed, out conies the Tory manifesto, claiming only a gain upon the regis tration of sixteen counties, or divisions of counties, and af fecting only the occupation of five seats. And be it re membered that this result is, upon their own published statement, deliberately concocted, gravely put forth, pro claimed by Fraser, and reiterated by the Tory organs. But further : It is within our own knowledge—the proofs are now be fore us—that in Middlesex, We s t Y or k s hi re , North Devon Anglesea, and the Isle of Wight, the numbers published by the Tories are totally incorrect: they are i n t rut h manu factured for the purpose by paid agents, and are solely in tended to operate upon the credulity of the public. It may be said that this is mere contradiction against assertion —be it so ; the party asserting a fact is bound to prove it, and we will bring this to a very narrow but certain issue. Let Fraser, or the Standard, or the oracle of Printinghouse square, whose false statements we exposed only two days ago, publish a list of the 608 voters the Tories boast to have expunged from the Middlesex register, and if they can show names of living men expunged upon their ob jections to within any reasonable n um b er o f th a t amoun t, we will beg pardon for our unbelief, and more, we will give to any hospital in the metropolis named by them the sum of fifty pounds. If they do not adopt this course, we brand the statement as false, incapable of proof, and only put forth to mislead the public. Ex uno disce wanes. The county registration in England and Wales is not, as a whole, in favour of the Liberal party, nor can it ever be so. The Reform Bill created a constituency of acres, not of mind ; it made the tenantry mere tools of landlord or of agent, and passive recorders of their will. It is only in certain counties, where property is much subdivided, where manufacturing towns offer some resistance to agricultural despotism, that the Liberal interest can stand its ground. But the sheet anchor of reform is in the towns and boroughs ; and, knowing as we do, that in the boroughs of England a Liberal majority has been increased by this re gistration, we were amused by the hardihood that dared to claim triumphs for the Tory party in Westminster, Bris tol, and in sixty-three other places. There in England and Wales 203 boroughs, so that even if the Tories had sixty three out of that number, no great harm would be done ; particularly as the Tory list includes such virtuous boroughs as Maidstone, Beverley, and divers others, in which registration has as much to do with the return of Members as the man in the moon, and no more. But we have the means of dissecting and exposing the list of Tory gains in the registration of towns, and we shall give a list In the moan istra t of v t of a v er y diff erent comp l ex i on i n a f ew d a ys. titre can i comnplyire the repeat, L ti i i b a e t rai "upon the united re• g b ground," an d we w i ll very s h ortly give indisputable proof gained f ed of the truth of this assertion, GLECTING TIIE ANTECEDENT.—The Albany Journal g i ves t h e following, as Dr. Morse, the geogra pher ' s , I account of Alb any, as i t was some thirty years ago : t cootains," says th e d octor, a b out 2,000 houses an d 9,000 in habitants, all st an di ng w i t h their gable ends to the street." VERY OD D MlSTAKE.—There's been a aood de al of laughing i n N ew Orleans latelY—at least so says the N. O. Picayune, a n d no b ody ever doubts the N. 0. Pioayune ; and , Messrs. Snobbs and Doolittle of that city were the su bjects.—_ I say , ne i g hb our Snobbs, if you dont keep your hens out of. my garden, d as h my bl underbuss if I don't shoot Very well, M aster Doolittle, shoot away;—on l y, if ou kill any of m y h ens throw ' cm over into my yard. ” Crack ! Crack ! w en t t h e old blunderbuss, morning a f ter mort.ing ; and the great f at h ens were pitched into neighbour Sn ,bbs's yard lik e ra i n ! At last, after a fortnight or so, Mr. Doolittle discover e d th at Snobbs never had any hens; and that he Doolittle had b een s h oot i ng his own hens, and tossing them over for Snobb' s p ot . 'em—that's MAGAZINE DAY, BLACKWOQD'S MAGAZINE. Under the welcome and familiar title of " Our Pocket Companions," Christopher North throws off this month one of his most eloquent and discriminating criticisms on Young's " Night Thoughts." He is belated, it seems, on a Highland heath—no unusual thing with him ; darkness is coming on ; he is ignorant of his whereabout : so hurries under the first roof lie can find, which chances to be a cotter's hut. Here he makes himself comfortable ; sups wit's heartiest relish off such primitive and unsophis ticated edibles as bannocks and barley-meal ; and then, over a stiff tumbler of whiskey•gror, amuses his leisure, till the small hours of the morning, by penning an ar ticle for Maga. And a more entertaining —we may even add, instructive—article, seldom or never has " the old man eloquent" penned ! It is critical and imaginative, sprightly and solemn by turns. 'Till we read it, we had no idea that such treasures of thought, feeling, and fancy were to be found in the works of the author of that stately, methodical, and cast-iron tragedy, the " Revenge." Here is a passage, taken, we suppose, from one of the " Night Thoughts," which we give entire, for, we suppose, it will be new to many of our readers :- 4" By Silence, death's peculiar attribute; By Darkness, death's inevitable doom ; By Darkness and by Silence, sisters dread That draw the curtain round night's ebon throne, And raise ideas solemn as the scene I By Night, and all of awful night presents To thought or sense (of awful much, to both, The goddess brings !) By these her trembling fires, Like VESTA'S, ever burning, and, like hers, Sacred to thoughts immaculate and pure By these bright orators, that prove and praise, And press thee to revere the a:4y ; Perhaps, too, aid thee, when revered awhile, To reach his throne ; as stages of the soul, Through which, at different periods, she shall pass, Refining gradual, for her final height, And purging off some dross at every sphere : By this dark pall thrown o'er the silent world; By the world's kings, and kingdoms, most renown'd, From short ambition's zenith set for ever; Sai presage to vain boasters, now in bloom; By the long list of swift mortality, From ADAM downward to this evening knell, Which midnight waves in fancy's startled eye, And shocks her with a hundred centuries, Round death's black banner throng'd in human thought ! By thousands, now, resigning their last breath, And calling thee—wort thou so wise to hear I By tombs o'er tombs arising; human earth Ejected, to make room for—human earth ; The monarch's terror and the sexton's trade ! By pompous obsequies, that shun the day, The torch funereal, and the nodding plume, Which makes poor man's humiliation proud ; Boast of our ruin—triumph of our dust By the damp vault that weeps o'er royal bones ; And the pale damp, that shows the ghastly dead, More ghastly through the thick incumbent gloom ! By visits (if there are) &cm darker scenes, The gliding spectre, and the groaning grave By groans, and graves, and miseries that groan For the grave's shelter I By desponding men, Senseless to pains of death, from pangs of guilt'. By guilt's last audit ! By yon moon in blood, The rocking firmament, the falling stars, And thunder's last discharge, great nature's knell! By second chaos ; and eternal BF, WISE." If there be, in the whole wide circle of our Engli literature, a passage more fully fraught with all the ele ments of sublimity than this, we, at least, know not where to find it. The throng—the rush—of awful and imposing images ; here a b s t rac t, an d appea li ng to tho f ancy; there more practical, and taking humanity captive ; rising one above the other, in solemn grandeur, till at last they attain that point of elevation beyond which idea cannot go :—the con gregation of these various thoughts and images is truly wonderful; Milton has no one passage that contains so much vari e ty ; an d f ew , if any; t h at possess more sustained intellectual power. Yet there are one or two alliterations, and epigrammatic and antithetical single lines in it, that we could well have dispensed with, for their only effect is to disturb its simple and austere sublimity. " Tick on Scien tific Principles" is by Mr. Carlyle. There is no mistaking his mixed Saxon and Gothic style. The essay is intended to be facetious, but it is the drollery of a metaphysician who is only half in earnest in his attempts to create a laugh. Yet the article is well worth perusal—if only for its manner, which has all the charm of novelty. The relish for Mr. Carlyle's works is an acquired taste, like eat ing olives ; but when once acquired, it takes a stronghold on the reader. His cursory allusions, in his present discursive Tractate, to debt and debtors are ingenious, and remind 113 of one of the chapters in Rabelais' Voyage to the Holy Bottle, where he makes Panurge express his opinion, that a debtor is one of the greatest benefactors to society, and one in whose well-being a large portion of the community feel the deepest interest, and whose death they mourn in sackcloth and ashes. " A Crustaceous Tour" is a sprightly essay on Irish oysters, every sentiment in which might make Dando's ghost lick its lips in the grave. " The Onyx Ring" is a tale of an imaginative character, by " Archoeus"—one of Malta's cleverest contributors. " Co lonial Misgovernment" contains a fierce and unwarranted attack on Lord Glenelg. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. There is much broad humour, verging on caricature, in the present chapters of Oliver Twist, which exhibit the old Jew Fagin—a character hitherto not to be contemplated without a shudder—in a new light, as a fellow of infinite drollery. The dialogue between this Protean scamp and Noah Claypole, at the flash public-house, the Three Cripples, where, on the payment of a fee of twenty pounds, he offers to make Noah one of the " family," teach him the " business," and put him up to such pleasant " fancy work" as prigging handkerchiefs, &C., is irresistable, in its ludi crous extravagance. So, also, is the conversation that takes pkice between the Jew and and his young protege, Charley Bates, who, while bewailing the capture of his friend the Dodger, is thus consoled by the comical old Ishmaelite : " It's all up, Fagin," said Charley, wh en h e an d hi s new companion had been made known to each other. " What do you mean ?" asked the Jew with trembling lips. " They've found the gentleman as owns the box ; two or three more's a coming to 'dentify him, and the Artful's booked for a passage out," replied Master Bates. " I must have a fall suit of mourning, Fagin, and a hatband, to wisit him in, afore he sets out u p on his travels. To thi nk of Jack Dawkins ' —tummy Jack—the Dodger — the Artful Dodger —going abroad for a common twopenny-halfpenny sneeze-box 1 I never thought he'd ha done it under a gold watch, chain, and seals, at the lowest. Oh ! why didn't he rob some r i ch old gent l ema n of all his walables, and go out as a gentleman, and not like a common prig, without no honour nor glory 1" With this expression of feeling for his unfortunate friend, Master Bates sat himself on the nearest chair with an aspect of chagrin and despondency. " What do you talk about his having neither honour nor glory for 1" exclaimed Fagin, darting an angry look at hi s pupil, " Wasn't he always top-sawyer among you all ?—is there one of you that could touch him, or come near him, on any scent—eh ?" Not one," replied Master Bates, in a voice rendered husky by regret—" not one." " Then what do you talk of ?" replied the Jew angrily ; " what arc you blubbe rin g for? " " 'Cause it isn't on the rec-ord, is it ?" said Charley, chafed into perfect defiance of his venerable friend by the current of hi s regrets; "'cause it can't come out in the indictment; 'cause nobody will never know half of what be was. he stand in the Neivgate Calendar? P'raps not be there at all. Oh, my eye, my eye, wot a blow it is 1" "Ha ha 1" cried the Jew, extending his right hand, and turning to Mr. Bolter in a fit of chuckling which shook him as though be had the palsy; " see what a pride they take in their profession, my dear. Isn't it beautiful ?" Mr. Bolter nodded assent ; and the Jew, after contemplat ing the grief of Charley Bates for some seconds with evident satisfaction, stepped up to that young gentleman, and patted him on the shoulder. " Never mind, Charley," said Fagin soothingly ; " it 'll come out, it 'll be sure to come out. They 'll all know what a clever fellow he w d as ; he'll show it hi mse lf, an d not dis grace hi s old pals and teachers. Think how young be is too Whaltvael, i distinctio n , Charley, to b e l ag g e d at hi s t i me o f lif e ?" is a honour —that is 1" said Charley, a little consoled. "He shall have all ho wants," continued the Jew. "He shall bei kept i n th e S tone Jug, Charley, like a gentleman— like a g en tleman, pocketto pite with his beer every day, and money in his toss with, if he can't spend it." No, shall i he an th cried Charley Bates. bi ;: v% A ig y : that he shall," ough replied ?" the Jew, " and we'll have a —to carry on his Y' defence that's got the greatest gift speech the for him selfful Dodger_shriAand we'll read it all in the papers—' Art. vulsed' eh, sof laughter—here the Court was Cheriecon ). eh?" Cruickshank's Illustration of this chapter is one of his most successful hits. The sly, ironical look of the quick witted Jew, admirably works out o 7 • B's conception of him. In fact, r ee may say of this clever pictoral sketch—with the mere alteration of one word—what Pope said of Macklin's Shylock " This is the Jew That Dickens drew." The << Legend of W a lt er Childe ' " is a sprightly, desul tory P o em, modelled, as we have before observed, on Whis tlecraft's nati ona l Epic which most u naccountably failed when publi s h e d some ye ' ars since. Song of the Earth to the Mon," figured by contains some pleasing imagery , but it i s dis affectation, as such quaint abstractions are too apt to be. " Moliere and his Wife" is from the pen of Mr. Hogarth, who lays before us the results of his various read ing in , a very agreea bl e manner. Nutmegs for Nightin gales,' consist of two humourous poems, the last of which, entitled " I met her in the Omnibus," is a happy sample of the mock-sentimental. " Gianni, or 'a Night Scene," is a stirrin g ta l e, told with much dramatic skill. Of the " Ghost Riders," we have no great opinion. It is a strange, barbarous legend, which, though meant to be terrific, is simply repulsive, like some of the hobgob]inisms of Monk Lewis, that most unimaginative of all the pretenders to imagi nation. We are delighted to meet with that racy humourist Tom Ingoldsbyagain. He is one of the brightest gems of the Miscellany. His"Grandpapa's Story—the Witches' Frolic," is capital, so airy and spirited in its versification, so easy in its digressions, so fertile in its comic imagery ! In his own line, which is by no means a restricted one, Ingoldsby is unsurpassed by the cleverest wag of the day. The " French or English" is a light, sketchy essay on the social peculiarities of these two great nations, and is the produc tion of one who has no slight acquaintance with both. He observes—and we think justly—that on the whale the Eng lish are a gayer nation than their continental neighbours. We would quote some of his remarks on this point, but we are pressed for time and space, so must come abruptly to a close. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Fraser, as usual, is bitter and uncompromising in his po litical tone, crying up the Tories, and crying down the Whigs, with equal success in both cases—that is to say, his praise of the one party is as inefficient as his condem nation of the other, from the exaggerated character that pervades both. In his sketch of the Marquis of Normanby, the writer, with a contempt for recorded facts which is perfectly astounding, even in a Tory partisan, observes of his Lordship—" He visits Mullingar, and the gates of the gaols are thrown open, and away go vagabonds and vagrants, ribbonmen and pilferers, some of them having been committed for trial, which Lord Normanby interfered to prevent ; some of them suffering the awarded punish ment which his Lordship, in open defiance of Judge and Jury, steps in to remit ! Fortunately, Sergeant Jackson, in 1836, brought all this before the House of Commons, and then the only defence attempted was prospective— namely, an humble promise that it should not occur again." Never was there a more brazen perversion of truth than is contained in the above sentence ! Sergeant Jackson never established his case—it broke down under him at the out set—consequently no " humble promise" was required. In the Lords the Noble Marquis answered every charge that was brought against him, point by point, and so success fully, that even his bitterest political enemies were silenced. The Tory scribe in Fraser should have turned back to the debates on this question, before he ventured to pen such an absurdity as is contained in the above quotation. " Aga memnon" is a translation, by Captain Medwin, of one of the tragedies by lEschylus. The versification is spirited, and, we are willing to believe, correct. " Present State of Mental Philosophy in Italy" —query, can there be any phi losophy that is not mental ?—is an ab'e essay, suggestive of many useful reflections. • " The Maidschenstein" is a tale of deep tragic interest, told with feeling and simplicity, and introduced by some clever descriptions of scenery in what the writer calls " Saxon Swisserland." The date of the story is the commencement of the sixteenth century, when the reformation originated by Luther was progressing throughout Europe. " Passages from the Diary of the late Dolly Duster" is dreary twaddle, affecting to be wag gish, and failing in every effort at the facete. The " Vicar" is a poem superior to the general run of Magazine poetry. RAILWAY MAGAZINE. With the November Number of this Journal is presented a very accurate and beautifully executed Map of the Man chester and Birmingham Railway and its proposed ex tension to Rugby, showing the advantages which that line will possess over the present route by Birmingham and the Grand Junction Railway. Advocates as we have ever been for the promotion of these great national works, we cannot hesitate to express our approval of the projected line for many reasons. It will in the first place shorten the dis tance from London to Manchester and consequently to all the great manufacturing districts north and east of this latter town, by upwards of thirty miles, which, together with the saving of power obtained by better gradients, will be equal to at least forty-two miles in a line 200 miles in length. We recollect an observation of that eminent en gineer, Mr. Brunel, at the last meeting of the Great Wes tern Railway Company, which appears to us peculiarly ap plicable to this point. It was to the effect, that where the distance was the same in two competing lines, if one of them possessed more favourable gradients than the other, the expense of working and wear and tear of engines would be so much less, that instead of dividing the traffic, the whole would be absorbed by the line pessessing the more favourable gradients. In the next place, and here also the interests of the public are deeply concerned, it will form a competing line in some measure with the G ran d J unct i on and the London and Birmingham lines, which, even the little experience the public have had in the working of these undertakings must convince them, will exercise a most salutary influence on the monopolizing propensities of the parties connected with them. There is one point on which we differ with the writer of the article on the " Manchester and Birming ham Extension Line," we mean with respect to the best line for an improved communication with Ireland. The • only advantage which the route by Great Ormeshead possesses, is, that the line as far as Chester has been already under taken. The shortest and most direct route, and the one which, we think, must be ultimately adopted, (Holyhead having been thrown overboard by all parties,) is by the Great Western Railway to Oxford, thence to Worcester, to which point the line has been already projected, and on in a straight line to Port Dynllaen in Wales. The advan tages of this route have been pointed out more than once in The Sun, and we believe, notwithstanding the objections which have been started, a line with very favourable gra dients can be constructed in this direction, by which Dub lin would be brought within 12 or 14 hours of London. There is an article on the subject of Electro- Magnetic Telegraphs upon a pl an propose d b y Mr. Steiahiel and Professor Morse, of New York. The plan is extremely applicable to railways for the prevention of accidents by collision, &c. The precision and rapidity with which intelligence can be conveyed by them, by night as well as by day, is clearly demonstrated, and appears to us worthy the attention of Government : Ten miles is the distance at which the American tele graph has been tried, and testimony is given by a Commission of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia and a Committee named by the Congress of the United States, both of which report favourably. The Committee has, indeed, proposed to devote 30,000 dollars towards a grand experiment on this mode of communication." Let our rulers, if they be not to proud, take a lesson in this matter from our transatlantic brethren. No ono could possibly object to so legitimate an expenditure of a portion of the public money. MONTHLY CHRONICLE. A better Number than the present has not yet appeared. It is practical, but not too much so ; and has just enough of pure literature to please, without wearying. The first article is devoted to a consideration of the " Progress of the New Poor Law," which the writer, with perfect truth, asserts to be most satisfactory. " That the law," he ob serves, " has been productive of signal benefits to the country, is beyond dispute ; and it ought to be remem bered that it has not vet been long enough in existence to bear the fruit it is capable of yielding. Let its roots strike into the earth—let its branches spread and strengthen, and then we shall be enabled to judge whether the tree is goodly. Laws involving vast social changes, and infusing new blood into the veins and arteries of hundreds of civil institutions, demand time to ma ture their "extensive reforms. The abuses which this law was designed to remedy were the growth of centuries —they cannot be hunted down in four years." We have quoted the above passage, because it throws out a valuable hint to the Stanhopes, the Oastlers, and the other intolerant opponents of the Poor-law Bill. " Earl Grey" is an admirably drawn portrait—true in its every lineament—of this distinguished Statesman, who is almost the only specimen that yet remains among us, of a race of political Titans. " Notes of a Lover of Books" is one of Leigh Hunt's delightful essays. " Spain, Past and Present," evinces no slight acquaintance with the subject. We recommend Tory readers to peruse it with attention, as it will supply them with information of which they are very much in want. " Notes of the Month" are well se lected, and written in an easv, sprightly style. THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. Spiers. Don John must, indeed, be a colt of extraordinary pro mise in the sporting circles, since we have an engraving of him among the leading embellishments in the Old and New Sporting Magazines for November. The one now presented to us is by W. B. Scott, from a painting by Snow, and reflects credit upon t h e industry and skill ofthe artist. In design it is inferior to the other, but in point of finish as an engravinc , far superior. The other embellish ment presents us with a parr of well-bred greyhounds at full stretch,and within one leap of poor puss vainly essaying a last double. The " Railroad Melodies" are excellent, and the " Handley Cross Hounds" more humourous every succeeding Number. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The 4, Gurney Papers" arc here brought to a conclu sion ; and though, as a whole, they arc too much wire drawn, as if the author were writing merely to fill space, yet among them may be found some of the most piquant bits of description and sketches of character that he has ever penned. We hope it will not be long ere he gives us some more " Papers," " Something next to Nothing," i 3 a lively essay, showing much worldly wisdom. How just, for instance, are the remarks in this passage : The reader is now prepared for another great truth, and will begin to perceive that although a loss of character ls . u h t w n: if it I :h i e ' Insolvency real injury, yet much depends upon the manner in . % 11 .1 1 ital. get rid of it. It is exactly with reputation as s in the face. It must be. profitably invested, or ruin stares ) u -:° ". i re n coverably If your money goes in personal expences, consumed in its use, there is no resource but in Court. So, if you throw away your character in disrepu table vices, or, what is as bad, in imprudent speculations, you become a marked man, and will regret it to the last day of your existence. But place your character on a profitable ven ture, and bring it home " in a full shower of cent. per cent." ...no matter how sorely damaged in the voyage, no one will think of looking it in the face, and you may pass it current in society at your own valuation. A common vulgar thief, who squanders his character in police offices, will find it impossible to get employed when released from his prison ; while he who goes more thriftily to work, who saves himself for great occa sions, and ye le tout pour le tout, in a fraudulent bankruptcy for half a million, or a trip to America with the public mo ney, to an enormous amount, in his pocket, may draw on the public for a second reputation on his own terms. " Major Gahagan s Historical Reminiscences are worthy of O'Doherty. Their humour is of the very broadest character ; and their swaggering lies as well packed up as those of Falstaff or Congreve's Captain Bluffe. " An Indian Tradition" is an interesting anecdote, told with much tact. " The Manager's Note Book" gives us a Memoir of Mrs. Billington, in which we are informed, with particular atten tion to dates, that " in December, 1804, Mrs. Billington had nearly lost her life by, taking a dose of laudanum by mistake ;" and that " in May, 180.5, there was an alarm of fire in her house in Cadogan-place, which greatly dis composed her." Very likely, but who in the year 1838 cares to know all this ? " Baron Von Boots" is really and truly a " Tale of Blood" of the choicest quality. It is told with much fun. The " Perils of Passion" is a rhymed extravaganza, something after Hood's fashion of double rhymes in one line. On the whole, the Number is a very amusing one. METROPOLITAN. The Number before us is not deficient in variety, but the articles, for the most part, are too long. " The Note Book of an Irish Barrister," consists of a biographical sketch of Mr. Burroughs, a well-known member of the Dublin bar. It is a readable memoir, but it would have been much more so if the writer had given his information in a more compact and condensed form.. But he amplifies too much, and is far too lavish of his tropes and metaphors. Habits and Opinions of the Poets," is a gossipping little Esiay of the Leigh Hunt school, in which we meet with the following amiable common-place —" Poetical genius is often far from being an enviable gift to its possessor. The word "often" is an amusing qualifier of this trite truism. " Father Love" is the continuation of an energetie story from the pen of the Irish novelist, Banim. THE MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. Richards. Notwithstanding the Tory bias of its articles on general subjects, this periodical is well calculated to render essen tial service to the legal student, and to members of the legal profession generally. But beyond the pale of the Bar and the Bench we are not inclined to think that it will ever be popular. The articles on " Prison Discipline," the " Irish Poor-law Bill," " Law Reform," and the Murder of the late Mr. Mirfin in a duel," are the best in this Number. The most useful part of this periodical is the abridgement of the statutes, which is executed with fidelity and judgment. Such abridgements are often excel lent helps to country magistrates. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. Pittman. The November embellishments of this popular periodical are—Don John, by Engleheart, from a drawing by Turner ; and Dash, by Beckwith, from a painting by Smith. The first is but indifferently executed. The sporting articles are very amusingly and gracefully written. JOURNAL OF THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON -- - -- Charles Kniiht. This is the seventh Number of a periodical which in these matter-of-fact times cannot fail to become generally popular. The papers on the State of the Agricultural Labourers in various districts of England, are particularly interesting. It is well edited, and published in a form ad mirably suited to the convenience of men of business. STAT ISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE_ B.RI- TISH EMPIRE. Br J. B. AeCULLOCII, ESQ. Charles Knight. No work has appeared of late more deserving of a wide circulation, on account of the mass of curious and useful information contained in it, than this edition of Mr. M'Culloch's " Statistical History of the British Empire." The village politician will find in it all that he may desire to know ; while the country gentleman may profitably con sult it upon questions for a correct solution of which he might rummage in vain all the tomes in his library. To render works of this kind permanently useful, there ought, if possible, to be annual or triennial editions of them ; al though we fear that the expensiveness of such a proposition will render it nugatory, THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. Sherwood and Co. There is in this Number, amidst a considerable variety of well-written articles, a paper on " The Structure of Chapels," which we would recommend to the attention of all, whether Churchmen or Dissenters, who have anything to do with the erection of places of worship. The author points out the faults generally committed in the structure and fitting up of chapels, and explains the principles on which they ought to be constructed, so as to answer most effectually the purpose for which they are intended. The admirable " Essays on the Truth of the Gospel" are brought to a conclusion. We hope they will be published in a separate and cheap form ; they are eminently calcu lated to settle the belief of the wavering, and to bring back to the Christian fold those who may unhappily have strayed from it. " The Hazlitt Papers" contain an interesting correspondence between the Rev. William Hazlitt, the father of the Essayist, and various persons eminent in the literary and religious world. In the Re viewing department we find several well-written articles, but have only space to mention the review of Mr. Wellbeloved's New Translation of the Bible, with Notes and Illustrations—a work of Herculean labour, and which, from the notice here given of it, appears to be executed in a masterly manner. LONDON MONTHLY MISCELLANY Contains a posthumous poem—by no means remarkable for talent--of Anna Maria Porter, the well-known novelist ; a clever paper, by Alfred Crowquill ; and another, not quite so good, from the pen of the author of the " Tales of a Physician." The Magazine is also embellished with an amusing caricature, entitled the " Cardinal's Fool." Considering its price —only eighteen pence—the London Monthly Miscellany is inferior to none of its Contem poraries. LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO SOPHICAL MAGAZINE. Taylor, Red Lion-court. This ably-conducted periodical keeps up its character in the present Number. Mr. Faraday has a valuable paper on electricity, in which new views in that branch of science are unfolded by this highly talented philosopher. There is also, besides many others of considerable interest, a very curious paper on the analysis of a meteoric stone found in America, which appears to differ from any substance known on the earth. THE MURDER AT SHADIVELL.-Yesterday morn ing an inquest was held by adjournment from Monday, at the London Hospital, Mile End-road, on Edmund Taylor, a cooper and seaman, aged twenty-five years, who died on Sun day night last, from the effects of a wound inflicted by a sailor, named John Robertson, belonging to the Golconda East In diaman, on Sunday, the 30th of September last. The case, which has been frequently under investigation before the Thames Police Magistrates, has excited much interest. In the first instance a seaman named Horrebow, bearing a strong resemblance to the prisoner Robertson, was taken into custody on a charge of stabbing the decased, at the instigation of a woman of the tow n , name d Ell en Collins, alias Smith, and several witnesses having sworn to Horrebow as the man who stabbed the cooper, he was taken before Mr. Greenwood, at the Thames Police-office, and would, no doubt, have been ul timately committed for trial, had not circumstances transpired which clearly established the innocence of Horrebow, who was discharged from custody. Robertson and Collins were re manded from week to week until Thursday last, when Mr. Greenwood committed them for trial, the man for stabbing the deceased, and the woman for aiding and abetting in the com mission of the felony. On a representation being made to the Judges that Taylor was in a dying state, they ordered the trial to be postponed until the next sessions of the Central Crimi nal Court. A few hours afterwards the maxi died. The Co roner attended at the London Hospital on Monday, when the inquiry was adjourned until yesterday morning. Aft S r a dence had been heard at great length, the jury returnecnci ver dict of " Wilful murder against John Robertson, as p awl p and Ellen Collins, alias Smith, for aiding, abetting, The in citing the said John Robertson to commit the murder."_ week from in Newgate, to which they were committed Coroner issued his warrant for the detention :d Collins has been re.. last t thepriso f ners the Thames Police-office. The prisonerand is one of the most peatedly in custody for various o ffences , e a rr r o . f the class to which she belongs hardened at and th e eastde sperateof tl o e m nt Yesterday thereextraordinary high tide i n was prod a uctive of considerable damage. the River, which nearly two feet higher than heavy fall of rain. the banks and inundating cellars, ware houses,usnal, overflowing situated on low grounds in Bankside, The circumstance. iScaatshteribtiudteedresteo the late hurricane and the Deptford, and other places. • An inquest was held yesterday in the Old Kent road,"on the body of George Johnson, an aged' Chelsea pen.. who was found drowned in the Surrey Canal on Mon daydwellings morning. No evidence was adddcgd‘to show how he had got into the water, and the jury returned a verdict accord ingly. The deceased served under the DukeL of Wellington, in the Royal Artillery, at Waterloo, Salamanca, Vittoria, the siege of Badajos, at which he greatly distinguished himself, and through the whole of the Peninsular campaign. it ith Put